The Nevada Athletic Commission announced on Monday that Dean would
oversee the middleweight title bout. UFC 168 takes place at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and also features a women’s
bantamweight title tilt between Ronda
Rousey and Miesha
Tate.

Dean, who was also the referee for first meeting between Silva and
Weidman at UFC 162, has refereed 510 bouts in promotions such as
the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, Affliction and Elite XC during his
career, according to
FightMetric.com . Thus far in 2013, Dean has been in the
Octagon for 63 UFC bouts.

The NAC also announced that Junichiro Kamijo, Chris Lee and
Patricia Morse-Jarman will be the cageside judges for the UFC 168
headliner. All three have extensive experience scoring fights in
the UFC.

Weidman ended Silva’s title reign in July, stopping “The Spider”
with punches 1:18 into the second round at UFC 162. It was Silva’s
first loss since he was disqualified for landing an illegal kick
against Yushin Okami
at a Rumble on the Rock event in January 2006. Weidman, meanwhile,
is unbeaten in six Octagon appearances.